different between assert vs asserted
assert
English
Etymology
From Latin assertus, perfect passive participle of asser? (“declare someone free or a slave by laying hands upon him; hence free from, protect, defend; lay claim to, assert, declare”), from ad (“to”) + ser? (“join, range in a row”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??s??t/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??s?t/
- Rhymes: -??(?)t
Verb
assert (third-person singular simple present asserts, present participle asserting, simple past and past participle asserted)
- To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.
- He would often assert that there was life on other planets.
- To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.
- to assert one's authority
- Salman Rushdie has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work.
- To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to
- to assert our rights and liberties
- (programming) To specify that a condition or expression is true at a certain point in the code.
- (electronics) To set a signal on a line using a voltage or electric current.
Antonyms
- remit
- deny
- deassert
Synonyms
- affirm
- asseverate
- aver
Related terms
Translations
Noun
assert (plural asserts)
- (computer science) an assertion; a section of source code which tests whether an expected condition is true.
Translations
References
- “assert” in the Collins English Dictionary
Further reading
- assert in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- assert in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- assert at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Sastre, Saters, TASers, Tasers, Tesars, asters, reasts, setars, stares, stears, tarses, tasers
Portuguese
Noun
assert m (plural asserts)
- (programming) assert (conditional statement that checks the validity of a value)
assert From the web:
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asserted
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??s??t?d/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??s?t?d/
- Hyphenation: as?sert?ed
Adjective
asserted (comparative more asserted, superlative most asserted)
- stated, declared or alleged, especially with confidence but no proof
Verb
asserted
- simple past tense and past participle of assert
Anagrams
- dearests, deassert, estrades, readsets, sad trees, star seed, starseed
asserted From the web:
- asserted what is the meaning
- what does asserted mean
- what is asserted without evidence
- what is asserted by the principle of noncontradiction
- what does asserted claim mean
- what is asserted in the beginning of the declaration of independence
- what does asserted
- what does asserted itself mean
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